[Users] How to place mailboxes in hidden folder

[Albert ARIBAUD]

Hi Paul,

Le Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:04:55 +0100
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> a écrit:

> On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:39:07 +0100
> Chris Hirst <claws-mail at fy3.co.uk> wrote: 
> 
> > Why not?
> 
> Because there is no problem at all with using ~/.claws-mail/ but you
> suggest that "it might be wise" not to use this location, without
> any reason for saying that.

I see one good reason for suggesting that configuration and mail
folders be best kept separate, and that reason is that Claws Mail by
default does separate them (both on Linux and on Windows); therefore,
CM users know that CM does work -- or at least intends to work -- with
separate folders for config and mail files; OTOH, users do not know for
sure that CM will work with mail and config files all together in a
single folder (a careful review of the CM code might conclude that it
indeed is fine to use a single folder, but this review is beyond what
can be expected from CM /users/ IMO).

I would go as far as saying that the fact that CM insists on separating
config and mail directories (there is no option given to users for
choosing between separate directories or single directory) appears to
to users as an indication that those directories should be separated
(again, I stress the "appears to users" part).

I light of this, I personally consider that Chris (or any user, and I
count myself in that group even though I did take moe than a passing
look at CM's code) has sufficient reason for saying "it might be wise
not to use the same location for mail and config" -- even though that
reason was implicit.

> with regards
> 
> Paul

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.